Chemistry 101: How Are Elements Grouped?
A great primer for people like me who were/are really bad at paying attention in a class at School.
The day before the first iPhone changed the world
Former Apple engineer recounts a Apple committee meeting that took the place the day before the first iPhone went on sale.
I’ll never get sick of reading pieces like these. Fascinating stuff.
It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect.
Bill Bryson, ‘In a Sunburned Country’
Here’s why you can’t have a mountain the size of Olympus Mons on Planet Earth.
A phone using Google AND Facebook technology? A privacy dream come true!
Kontra responds to Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android” Sources Say Is A Modified OS On HTC At 4/4 Event story:
“A phone using Google AND Facebook technology? A privacy dream come true!”
— Kontra (@counternotions) March 29, 2013
Iceland generates 100 percent of its Electricity from Renewable Sources
I did not know that.
My dream of seeing an Apple store in India will remain just that for the foreseeable future
So far, Apple has not opened any of its iconic company-owned stores in India. While the government has allowed single-brand companies like Apple to operate fully-owned stores, it has made it compulsory for such firms to source 30% of the goods they sell here from local vendors. Currently, the US company does not manufacture any of its products in India and the 30% sourcing clause could, therefore, deter it from opening self-owned stores.
Okay, so now we have LG, Samsung and Google that are making a watch to compete with a product that Apple is supposedly going to make.
Jim Dlarymple
Source: loopinsight.com
The phone wars, the platform wars, should be left to people who work for Apple and Samsung and Google and Microsoft and Nokia and BlackBerry. Do you work for Apple? Do you work for Samsung? No? Then shut up.
Nobody cares what kind of smartphone you believe in. It’s not a religion. It’s not your local sports team even. Stop being a soldier. You are not a soldier. You are just wrong. Shut up.
Brilliant piece by Mat Honan.
Please Stop Fighting About Your Smartphone
I don’t care about what smart (or dumb) phone you use as long as it works for you and fits your needs. I just expect the same mindset from the people i interact with.
Source: Wired
If you spend your life doing what you love, the speed at which the world goes on and changes around you is irrelevant.
Milton Glaser
Source: swiss-miss.com
